Retaining walls?

[doobin]

It's so slow a radius I don't think it would be necessary.
Had a quick look at some 1.5m x 50cm x 3cm thick slate slabs that a bloke I know supplies.
Kicked back a bit and drained well behind they may do the job a bit quicker.
And might tie in well with his zinc cladding extension.

One knock and they’d be toast.

 

[Furniss]

They'd want to be thicker than that, at least double thickness imo.

Maybe your right but with the earth battered back behind them and well haunched up I bet they would handle it.

 

[Smiffy]

Maybe your right but with the earth battered back behind them and well haunched up I bet they would handle it.

One of the highways drainage engineers round here loves a slab on edge for a retaining wall along the edge of ditches.
They are everywhere.

 

[craig]

One of the highways drainage engineers round here loves a slab on edge for a retaining wall along the edge of ditches.
They are everywhere.

They must of worked up here at some time as well

 

[JD450A]

What people don't realise is that if you batter it back and then hard face it the loadbearing requirement of the slabs is marginal. Your basically hard facing the earth to prevent water ingress and failure and buttressing the load.

 

[Smiffy]

What people don't realise is that if you batter it back and then hard face it the loadbearing requirement of the slabs is marginal. Your basically hard facing the earth to prevent water ingress and failure and buttressing the load.

Nah what your really doing is inconveniencing the people who have to clean the ditch as some kind of sick and twisted government ritual

 

[Furniss]

What people don't realise is that if you batter it back and then hard face it the loadbearing requirement of the slabs is marginal. Your basically hard facing the earth to prevent water ingress and failure and buttressing the load.

There you go ... thats what I said but with correct terminology

 

[GazCro]

There you go ... thats what I said but with correct terminology

I wouldn't argue that but at 30mm thick slabs you'd possibly be battering it far enough back to just bank it to begin with.

 

[Furniss]

I wouldn't argue that but at 30mm thick slabs you'd possibly be battering it far enough back to just bank it to begin with.

I've tried to sell the banking idea to him and he wasn't having it - there is budget for the job and he has a vision .... might try again though.

 

[Russell]

Working holiday anyone

Yes but can't speak French

 

[V8Druid]

Yes but can't speak French

I can get by .... but depends on when

 

[Furniss]

I can get by .... but depends on when

when your in a bar you for instance

" deux bierre messieur "

 

[Quattromike]

when your in a bar you for instance

" deux bierre messieur "

Sac-le-blue

 

[Shovelhands]

 

[Giles]

what about 4" rounds for the retaining wall

https://www.cjtimber.com/wp-content/uploads/CJ-Retaining-Walls-25.pdf

 

[doobin]

what about 4" rounds for the retaining wall

https://www.cjtimber.com/wp-content/uploads/CJ-Retaining-Walls-25.pdf

Fixing cowboy jobs like that keep me on business mate!

 

[Giles]

Fixing cowboy jobs like that keep me on business mate!

used a lot in commercial applications and schools and if done right not a cowboy job, thought hedges kept you in business haha

 

[Smiffy]

used a lot in commercial applications and schools and if done right not a cowboy job, thought hedges kept you in business haha

Not matter how long they last, at some point that is a £*** load of concrete to dig back out in years to come essentially if you want a 1.5m wall you have to dig a 2 meter deep hole just to deal with the excess post length. That's also a lot of wasted concrete.

 

[GazCro]

Not matter how long they last, at some point that is a £*** load of concrete to dig back out in years to come essentially if you want a 1.5m wall you have to dig a 2 meter deep hole just to deal with the excess post length. That's also a lot of wasted concrete.

Yeah and any job involving timber concreted in is short term.

 

[Giles]

Yeah and any job involving timber concreted in is short term.

we didn't concrete them in, knocked them in with post knocker was only 600mm-800mm high, link was just first pic I found on google